Brain Tumor News!
Note: The comments under each article title are the opinion of our president, Al Musella, DPM,
and do not reflect official policy of the Musella Foundation!
10/08/01
Cell Research Leads Nobel Prize
(AP)
...Research into the cell cycle field is about to be applied to diagnosing
tumors and may eventually open new doors for therapy, the committee said. Members of the prize committee...... this will take time,'' said Klas Wiman, professor of cell and
tumor biology at the Karolinska Institute....... Arvid Carlsson of Sweden and Americans Paul Greengard and Eric Kandel for research on how
brain cells transmit signals to each other, thus increasing understanding on how the
brain functions...
10/08/01
Nobel Prize Excerpts
(AP)
...The findings in the cell cycle field are about to be applied to
tumor diagnostics.......Increased levels of CDK-molecules and cyclins are sometimes found in human
tumors, such as breast cancer and
brain tumors....
10/08/01
Three Scientists Win Nobel Prize
(AP)
...''applied to
tumor diagnostics ... and may in the long term also open new principles for cancer therapy,...... Arvid Carlsson of Sweden and Americans Paul Greengard and Eric Kandel for research on how
brain cells transmit signals to each other, thus increasing understanding on how the
brain functions...
10/05/01
Brain Surgery Software
(KPIX)
... sight you don't see every day: a ninety-foot-tall, 17-hundred pound anatomically correct human
brain balloon. The colorful vessel launched this year's "Congress of Neurological Surgeons......The software enables them to clearly identify sensitive structures such as
tumors, blood vessels or nerves that may otherwise be difficult to see. Stefan Vilsmeier,...
10/05/01
Study Looks at Gulf War Vets' Children
(AP)
...Likely birth defects included webbed digits, heart murmurs, chromosomal abnormalities and
brain tumors, while excluding what the researchers considered developmental disorders,...
10/05/01
Gulf War Vets' Children Studied
(AP)
...Likely birth defects included webbed digits, heart murmurs, chromosomal abnormalities and
brain tumors, while excluding what the researchers considered developmental disorders,...
10/04/01
Mouse Model Developed for Deadly Brain Cancer
(Reuters)
An important advance in the frustrating battle against deadly
brain cancers was reported here this week at the annual meeting of the American Neurological Association.
10/01/01
Introgen's CEO David Nance Talks to the Wall Street Transcript
(Business Wire)
... cancer for a minimally toxic cancer therapeutic that could be broadly applied to virtually all
tumor types and be administered alone or in combination with conventional cancer treatments....... numerous other Phase I clinical trials for nine different cancers including breast, prostate and
brain cancers....
10/01/01
Robot System Zaps Tough-To-Treat Spine Tumors
(Reuters)
A robotic system that can precisely target radiation beams may help doctors treat spinal
tumors and other abnormalities that may otherwise be considered untreatable, new research suggests.
09/28/01
Cell Phones and Cancer, Part 2 - Better Antenna or Placebo?
(NewsFactor)
...-- do a little something funky to the
brain, a few companies are preparing a solution to what might -......" to reduce the risk of consumers getting
brain tumors from mobile phone radiation......."to a development of malignant
tumor....
09/28/01
N.Y. Hospital Fined for MRI Death
(AP)
... fractured in July by the oxygen tank as he underwent an MRI exam following surgery to remove a
brain tumor. The metal cylinder was pulled by the machine's powerful magnet from the arms of a doctor...
